Fortitude: Season Two Not Cancelled Because of Pivot Closing

by Cindy McLennan, August 19, 2016

While Participant Media is shutting down its Pivot TV channel, the second season of Sky Atlantic’s Fortitude TV show, which Pivot co-produces, will not be cancelled. TVWise reports the second season is “well into” post-production. Sky Vision will shop Fortitude to other US networks.

“We’re saddened to hear about the closure of Pivot. However, our plans for Fortitude remain”, a representative of Sky said in a statement to TVWise. “A second series is in post-production which we look forward to launching on Sky Atlantic in the new year as well as selling at MIPCOM”.

Fortitude, from Fifty Fathoms, Tiger Aspect and Simon Donald, told the story of a mysterious death in a close-knit community in the Arctic Circle. In season two, a fresh murder rocks the community and plunges it into turmoil. And out in the stunning icy wilderness, nature is growing even more unpredictable, deadly and dangerous. The series was a ratings hit for Sky Atlantic when it debuted last year; ranking as the channel’s biggest drama commission to date.

What do you think? Have you watched the first season of Fortitude on Pivot or Sky? Which US network or streaming platform do you think will pick it up?

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Someone please pick this show up, according to IMDB it should have started in October 16, If someone does pick it up and they see how popular it is, it might even get a Season 3….. is there a petition we can sign ?

I might have to go back and watch season 1 again because I did not recall the story being told in full but the ways this article reads season 2 is a ‘new’ story. Either way I too am glad to see that the Pivot shutdown will not deny us a season 2 because this show was AWESOME!